- Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Northamptonshire Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1290 –1832 Number of members two The county constituency of Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands of England was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832 and was represented in Parliament by two MPs, traditionally known as Knights of the Shire.
After 1832 the county was split into two new constituencies, North Northamptonshire and South Northamptonshire.
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Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the historic county of Northamptonshire. Although the county contained a number of parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected one or two MPs in its own right for parts of the period when Northamptonshire was a constituency, these areas were not excluded from the county constituency. Owning freehold property of the required value, within such boroughs, could confer a vote at the county election. (After 1832, only non-resident owners of forty shilling freeholds situated in borough seats could qualify for a county vote on the basis of that property.)
Members of Parliament
1290-1640
Constituency created (1290)
Parliament First member Second member 1319 Sir William Trussell 1324 Henry de Trailly 1337 John de Seyton 1386 Roger de la Chamber John Tyndale [1] 1388 (Feb) Sir Giles Mallory John Wydeville [1] 1388 (Sep) John Harrowden John Mulsho [1] 1390 (Jan) Roger de la Chamber John Mulsho [1] 1390 (Nov) John Wydeville John Mulsho [1] 1391 Roger de la Chamber Sir Nicholas Lilling [1] 1393 Sir Giles Mallory John Tyndale [1] 1394 Sir Henry Green Sir Giles Mallory [1] 1395 Roger de la Chamber Robert Chiselden [1] 1397 (Jan) Sir Henry Green John Cope [1] 1397 (Sep) Hugh Northborough John Mulsho [1] 1399 John Cope Robert Chiselden [1] 1401 Sir Giles Mallory John Warwick [1] 1402 Sir Giles Mallory John Cope [1] 1404 (Jan) Sir John Trussell Ralph Parles [1] 1404 (Oct) Ralph Green John Cope [1] 1406 Ralph Parles / John Cope John Warwick [1] 1407 John Tyndale Thomas Wake [1] 1410 Sir John St. John Ralph Green [1] 1411 Sir John St. John William Huddlestone [1] 1413 (Feb) 1413 (May) Nicholas Merbury Thomas Wake [1] 1414 (Apr) Thomas Wydeville Nicholas Merbury [1] 1414 (Nov) Sir John Trussell John Mortimer [1] 1415 1416 (Mar) Sir John St. John William Huddlestone [1] 1416 (Oct) 1417 Thomas Mulsho Thomas Wake [1] 1419 Thomas Strange John Boseno [1] 1420 Sir John Beaufo Richard Knightley [1] 1421 (May) Sir John St. John Thomas Strange [1] 1421 (Dec) Sir John Knyvet Simon Kynnesman [1] 1423 Richard Knightley 1439 Richard Knightley 1442 William Tresham 1447 William Tresham 1449 William Catesby Oct 1449 Sir Thomas Tresham Thomas Thorpe Nov 1450 Thomas Mulsho 1453 Sir Thomas Tresham 1459 Sir Thomas Tresham 1484 William Catesby 1486 Sir Thomas Lovell 1491 Richard Empson 1510–1512 No names known[2] 1515 ?Sir Nicholas Vaux ? [2] 1523 1529 Sir William Parr Richard Knightley [2] 1536 1539 Sir William Parr Sir Thomas Tresham [2] 1542 Sir Thomas Tresham Sir William Newnham [2] 1545 1547 Henry Williams Sir John Cope [2] 1553 (Mar) Sir Nicholas Throckmorton Robert Lane [2] 1553 (Oct) Sir John Fermor William Chauncy [2] 1554 (Apr) Sir Thomas Tresham Sir John Spencer [2] 1554 (Nov) Sir Thomas Tresham William Chauncy [2] 1555 Sir John Fermor William Chauncy [2] As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given for those up to 1640. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.
Elected Assembled Dissolved First Member Second Member 1558 20 January 1558 17 November 1558 Sir Walter Mildmay Sir John Spencer 1559 23 January 1559 8 May 1559 Edward Montagu 1562 1562 Ralph Sheldon 1563 11 January 1563 2 January 1567 Sir William Cecil 1571 2 April 1571 29 May 1571 Sir Robert Lane 1572 8 May 1572 19 April 1583 (Sir) Christopher Hatton 1584 23 November 1584 14 September 1585 1586 15 October 1586 23 March 1587 1588 4 February 1589 29 March 1589 Sir Richard Knightley 1593 18 February 1593 10 April 1593 Christopher Yelverton Sir Thomas Cecil 1597 24 October 1597 9 February 1598 Sir Richard Knightley 1601 27 October 1601 19 December 1601 Sir John Stanhope Sir William Lane 1604 19 March 1604 9 February 1611 Sir Valentine Knightley Sir Edward Montagu 1614 5 April 1614 7 June 1614 unknown 1620 16 January 1621 8 February 1622 Sir William Spencer (1621) Richard Knightley [3] 1624 12 February 1624 27 March 1625 1625 17 May 1625 12 August 1625 1626 6 February 1626 15 June 1626 Sir John Pickering' 1628 17 March 1628 10 March 1629 Francis Nicolls Richard Knightley 1629–1640 No Parliaments convened 1640-1832
Election First member First party Second member Second party Northamptonshire was represented by 2 elected Knights of the Shire 1640, April John Crew Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt 1640, November Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt Parliamentarian Sir John Dryden, Bt Parliamentarian Northamptonshire was represented by 2 nominated MPs in Barebones Parliament 1653 [4] Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt Thomas Brooke Northamptonshire's representation was increased to 6 elected MPs in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate 1654 (1) Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt (2) John Crew [5] (3) Sir John Norwich, Bt (4) John Claypole, senior (5) Sir John Dryden, Bt (6) Thomas Brooke 1656 (1) Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt (2) John Claypole[6] (3) William Boteler (4) James Langham (5) Thomas Crew (6) Alexander Blake Northamptonshire's representation was decreased to 2 MPs in the Third Parliament of the Protectorate and thereafter 1659, January Richard Knightley Philip Holman 1659, May Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt vacant 1660, April 22 John Crew Sir Henry Yelverton, Bt 1661, March 21 Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Bt George Clerke 1675, April 29 Lord Burghley 1678, February 28 Miles Fleetwood 1679, February 6 Sir Roger Norwich, Bt John Parkhurst 1679, August 21 Miles Fleetwood 1685, May 12 Sir Roger Norwich, Bt Edward Montagu Tory 1689, January 14 Edward Harby Whig 1689, June 13 Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt 1690, February 20 Sir St Andrew St John, Bt Whig John Parkhurst Whig 1695, November 14 Thomas Cartwright Tory 1698, July 21 Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Bt Tory John Parkhurst Whig 1701, December 4 Thomas Cartwright Tory 1730, May 21 Sir Justinian Isham, 5th Bt 1737, March 31 Sir Edmund Isham, Bt 1748, April 14 Valentine Knightley 1754, December 26 William Cartwright 1768, March 31 Sir William Dolben, Bt 1773, January 14 Lucy Knightly 1774, October 18 Thomas Powys 1784, April 15 Sir James Langham, Bt 1790, June 23 Francis Dickins 1797, August 2 William Ralph Cartwright Tory 1806, November 12 Viscount Althorp Whig 1831, May 23 Viscount Milton Whig Constituency abolished 1832: see North Northamptonshire and South Northamptonshire. Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/northamptonshire. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/northamptonshire. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ Elected following the elevation of Sir Edward Montagu to the peerage in 1621
- ^ From: 'List of members nominated for Parliament of 1653', Diary of Thomas Burton esq, volume 4: March - April 1659 (1828), pp. 499-500. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36965. Date accessed: 27 January 2008.
- ^ Appointed to Cromwell's Upper House, which first sat on 20 January 1658.
- ^ Claypole was also elected for Carmarthenshire and chose Northamptonshire.[1]
Elections
See also
References
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- The House of Commons 1690-1715, by Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D.W. Hayton (Cambridge University Press 2002)
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973))
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
Categories:- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1290
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1832
- Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire (historic)
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